 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
habitation
noun
1: the native habitat or home of an animal or plant
2: housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest
dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide
homes for the homeless" [syn: {dwelling}, {home}, {domicile},
{abode}, {dwelling house}]
3: the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place
(said of both animals and men); "he studied the creation
and inhabitation and demise of the colony" [syn: {inhabitancy},
{inhabitation}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Habitation \Hab'i*ta"tion\ (h[a^]b"[i^]*t[=a]"sh[u^]n), noun [F.
habitation, L. habitatio.]
1. The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or
of being inhabited; occupancy. --Denham.
2. Place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
The Lord . . . blesseth the habitation of the just.
--Prov. iii.
33.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "habitation":
abiding place, abode, address, apartment, cantonment, colonization,
commorancy, crash pad, crib, digs, domicile, domiciliation, domus,
dwelling, dwelling place, fireside, flat, haunt, haven, hearth,
hearthstone, home, homestead, house, housing, inhabitancy,
inhabitation, lodging, lodging place, lodgment, nest, nook,
occupancy, occupation, pad, peopling, place, place to live,
quarters, residence, residency, roof, rooftree, roost, seat,
settlement, sojourning, tenement
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Habitation
God is the habitation of his people, who find rest and safety in
him (Ps. 71:3; 91:9). Justice and judgment are the habitation of
God's throne (Ps. 89:14, Heb. mekhon, "foundation"), because all
his acts are founded on justice and judgment. (See Ps. 132:5,
13; Eph. 2:22, of Canaan, Jerusalem, and the temple as God's
habitation.) God inhabits eternity (Isa. 57:15), i.e., dwells
not only among men, but in eternity, where time is unknown; and
"the praises of Israel" (Ps. 22:3), i.e., he dwells among those
praises and is continually surrounded by them.
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